The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of an expanding bureaucracy.
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Bureaucracy
//bjʊəˈɹɒk.ɹə.si//
Synonyms for "bureaucracy" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
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More general
7 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
6 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
Translations
130 translations across 68 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- burokraci noun (system of administration)
Arabic
1 entries- بِيرُقْرَاطِيَّة noun (system of administration)
Armenian
1 entries- բյուրոկրատիա noun (system of administration)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bürokratiya noun (system of administration)
Belarusian
1 entries- бюракра́тыя noun (system of administration)
Bengali
1 entries- আমলাতন্ত্র noun (system of administration)
Bulgarian
1 entries- бюрокра́ция noun (system of administration)
Burmese
1 entries- ဗျူရိုကရေစီ noun (system of administration)
Catalan
4 entries- burocràcia noun (government by bureaus)
- burocràcia noun (system of administration)
- burocràcia noun (body of officers)
- burocràcia noun (excessive red tape)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 官僚 noun (system of administration)
- 官僚制 noun (system of administration)
- 官僚體制 /官僚体制 noun (government by bureaus)
- 官僚體制 /官僚体制 noun (body of officers)
Czech
1 entries- byrokracie noun (system of administration)
Danish
2 entries- bureaukrati noun (system of administration)
- bureaukrati noun (excessive red tape)
Dutch
4 entries- ambtenarenapparaat noun (body of officers)
- apparaat noun (body of officers)
- bureaucratie noun (government by bureaus)
- bureaucratie noun (system of administration)
Esperanto
1 entries- burokratismo noun (government by bureaus)
Estonian
1 entries- bürokraatia noun (system of administration)
Faroese
2 entries- embætismannavald noun (system of administration)
- skrivstovuveldi noun (system of administration)
Finnish
4 entries- byrokratia noun (government by bureaus)
- byrokratia noun (system of administration)
- byrokratia noun (body of officers)
- byrokratia noun (excessive red tape)
French
2 entries- bureaucratie noun (government by bureaus)
- bureaucratie noun (system of administration)
Galician
1 entries- burocracia noun (system of administration)
Georgian
1 entries- ბიუროკრატია noun (system of administration)
German
4 entries- Beamtenapparat noun (body of officers)
- Beamtentum noun (government by bureaus)
- Bürokratie noun (government by bureaus)
- Bürokratie noun (system of administration)
Greek
1 entries- γραφειοκρατία noun (system of administration)
Hebrew
1 entries- בִּירוֹקרַטִיָה noun (system of administration)
Hindi
4 entries- अधिकारीवर्ग noun (system of administration)
- अफ़सरशाही noun (system of administration)
- दफ़्तरशाही noun (system of administration)
- नौकरशाही noun (system of administration)
Hungarian
1 entries- bürokrácia noun (system of administration)
Icelandic
3 entries- regluveldi noun (system of administration)
- skrifræði noun (system of administration)
- skrifstofuveldi noun (system of administration)
Indonesian
3 entries- birokrasi noun (government by bureaus)
- birokrasi noun (system of administration)
- birokrasi noun (excessive red tape)
Irish
1 entries- maorlathas noun (system of administration)
Italian
1 entries- burocrazia noun (system of administration)
Japanese
1 entries- 官僚制 noun (system of administration)
Kazakh
3 entries- бюрократия noun (system of administration)
- төрешілдік noun (government by bureaus)
- төрешілдік noun (system of administration)
Khmer
1 entries- ការិយាធិបតេយ្យ noun (system of administration)
Korean
1 entries- 관료제 noun (system of administration)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- бюрократия noun (system of administration)
Lao
1 entries- ພະຍາດອາດຊະຍາສິດ noun (system of administration)
Latvian
1 entries- birokrātija noun (system of administration)
Lithuanian
1 entries- biurokratija noun (system of administration)
Macedonian
1 entries- бирокра́тија noun (system of administration)
Malay
1 entries- birokrasi noun (system of administration)
Mongolian
1 entries- хүнд суртал noun (system of administration)
Māori
2 entries- aparau noun (excessive red tape)
- taero noun (excessive red tape)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- burokrasî noun (system of administration)
- bîrokrasî noun (system of administration)
- bîrokratî noun (system of administration)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- byråkrati noun (system of administration)
Pashto
1 entries- بيوروکراسي noun (system of administration)
Persian
2 entries- بوروکراسی noun (system of administration)
- دیوانسالاری noun (system of administration)
Polish
4 entries- biuralizm noun (system of administration)
- biurokracja noun (government by bureaus)
- biurokracja noun (system of administration)
- biurokracja noun (body of officers)
Portuguese
4 entries- burocracia noun (government by bureaus)
- burocracia noun (system of administration)
- burocracia noun (body of officers)
- burocracia noun (excessive red tape)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਅਫ਼ਸਰਸ਼ਾਹੀ noun (system of administration)
Romanian
2 entries- birocrație noun (government by bureaus)
- birocrație noun (system of administration)
Russian
2 entries- бюрокра́тия noun (government by bureaus)
- бюрокра́тия noun (system of administration)
Scots
1 entries- bureaucracie noun (system of administration)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- birokratija noun (system of administration)
- бирократија noun (system of administration)
Slovak
1 entries- byrokracia noun (system of administration)
Slovene
1 entries- birokracija noun (system of administration)
Spanish
4 entries- burocracia noun (government by bureaus)
- burocracia noun (system of administration)
- burocracia noun (body of officers)
- burocracia noun (excessive red tape)
Swedish
1 entries- byråkrati noun (system of administration)
Tajik
1 entries- бюрократия noun (system of administration)
Telugu
1 entries- అధికార వర్గం noun (system of administration)
Thai
3 entries- ระบบข้าราชการประจำ noun (system of administration)
- อมาตยาธิปไตย noun (government by bureaus)
- อำมาตยาธิปไตย noun (system of administration)
Turkish
1 entries- bürokrasi noun (system of administration)
Turkmen
1 entries- býurokratiýa noun (system of administration)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бюрокра́тія noun (system of administration)
- бюрократія noun (government by bureaus)
Urdu
3 entries- اَفْسَر شاہی noun (system of administration)
- دَفْتَر شاہی noun (system of administration)
- نَوکَر شاہی noun (system of administration)
Uyghur
1 entries- بيۇروكراتلىق noun (system of administration)
Uzbek
1 entries- byurokratiya noun (system of administration)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bọn quan liêu noun (system of administration)
- bộ máy quan liêu noun (system of administration)
Welsh
2 entries- biwrocratiaeth noun (government by bureaus)
- biwrocratiaeth noun (system of administration)
Yiddish
1 entries- ביוראָקראַטיע noun (system of administration)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.
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Adopting a child is a tough decision with plenty of bureaucracy to wade through.
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While the bureaucracy comes up with sweetly technical terms like "less advantaged," the slums brim with malcontent.
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